Edward S. Zielinski          116 Winifred Drive        Pittsburgh, Pa. 15236       412-655-9415 (H)

                                                                                           ezielinski@comcast.net    412-527-2579 (C)

 

Project Manager – Contract Position

Westinghouse Electric Headquarters, Cranberry, Pa – Feb, 2013 – Present

·        Manage Multiple Quick Turn Around EPC Contracts - $250K to $1M

·        Budgets, Planning/Scheduling,, Cost Control and Earned Value Measurement Reporting

·        As designed, as built, as installed Drawing and Document Configuration Control

·        Scheduling  Software – Primavera P6, Microsoft Project

 

Project Scheduler – Contract / Temp Position

Stevens Engineers and Constructors – Jul 2012 through Nov 2012 – Contacted through ITS

·        Developing Proposal Master Schedules

·        Developing and Tracking EPC Schedules for various existing Steven’s Clients.

·        Developed EPC Compressor Station schedules for Steven’s Proposed Client MarkWest (simto effort as listed for Williams Midstream)

 

Project Planner/Scheduler – Contract /Temp Position

Williams Midstream, Moon Township Feb. 2012 to Jun 2012- Contracted through Alliance Engineering

 

·         Refined the Williams’ Pipeline Construction Scheduling template for the Allegheny Basin Area (ABA) for North Eastern Pennsylvania.

 

·         Develop Specific Pipeline schedules working with consultants and contractors to assure that the Williams pipeline would be completed before the well driller was ready to flow gas. Consultants included land companies for acquiring survey permissions & ROW optioning, Environmental and Cultural surveying and permitting consultants, State & Township Road permitting, generation of alignment sheets, IFB and IFC drawings, and material procurement and delivery. Also tracked tree clearing, ROW excavation, pipeline stringing, bending and forming, welding, ditching, high pressure testing and line fill.

 

·         Determined project performance indicating metrics. Project updates performed weekly and actual performance was measured relative to those metrics. Variance reports were generated and reviewed internally by project and construction management.  Variance reports were also sent to our drilling partners to confirm that our performance was in line with their drilling schedules.

 

Project Control Specialist – Allegheny Energy, Greensburg, Pa. Nov 2010 to Feb 2012 – Contract

 

·         Interfacing with project engineers and power station supervisors, generate logically integrated WBS based baseline schedules for major capital projects. Total yearly capital project portfolio is about $200M.  

 

·         Set up Project Coding and Activity coding structures to collect  cost and schedule information for  various audiences (i.e.: Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Station  Activity, etc)

 

·         Generate weekly project schedule updates for each generating region comparing schedule progress performance against project baselines.  Perform weekly cost and schedule variance analysis dashboard reports for each generating region (4 regions) – one region each week with about 15 to 20 projects per region). Dashboard reports are generated for senior management reporting providing informative high level cost and schedule data for executive decision making.

 

Scheduling Tools: Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Excel

 

 

Project Planner/Master Scheduler  - Curtiss Wright Corp – AP1000 China Project Team

Period of Service:              3/2008  -  4/2010

Responsibilities:              Develop and maintain WBS based, logically integrated AP1000 China coolant Pump schedules. Perform bi weekly schedule updates tracking cost and schedule performance against budgeted targets. Prepared and review monthly schedule analysis with internal project team members highlighting critical path(s), with estimates to complete. Submitted CW monthly schedule updates to Westinghouse for integration into their Total AP1000 project schedule. Risk Quantification and Mitigation Plans. Developed workaround plans to mitigate potential schedule and cost overruns. Provide training and mentoring to project team members in cost control and scheduling principles and software applications, cost control using   Earned Value Measurement -  Tools  Primavera  P6, P5, P3, Microsoft  Excel, Power Point, and MS Project

 

 

Project Planner/Scheduler – Duquesne Light (field assignment through SNC Lavalin –Eichleay

System Wide – 345 KV Upgrade Project – Major Substations T&D Upgrade

Period of Service:              11/2007  to 3/2008

Responsibilities:              Develop and maintained logically integrated P6 baseline design, engineering, procurement and installation schedules for major Capital Upgrade of East and West Region 345 KV Substations. Worked with Shaw Engineering (Atlanta) and in house engineering to achieve delivery of substation design(s). Tracked procurement, storage and delivery to site of all power equipment including transformers, breakers, line/knife switches, power buss, I&C, etc. Identified monthly notifications of line outages to the PUC.

              At substation(s), scheduled cut out of incoming lines, phased demolition of existing equipment, (excavation - if needed), installation of new grounding grids, foundations, installation of power handling equipment, 3 phase buss structures and attachment of power buss. Scheduled construction of new or upgraded control room (s), and all connection cabling between control room and site equipment via cable troughs. Scheduled installation checkout and cut in.  This was done in phases for incoming HV transmission equipment and outgoing distribution power equipment. 

              Held weekly schedule reviews with site manager and civil & electrical site foremen highlighting critical path(s), resource utilization, and estimated times to complete. More than one substation was in work at all times  resulting in about 50 % of time at various sites gathering  progress updates and 50 % of time back at the DQ Light office inputting and generating various integrated P6 progress reports to the project manager(s). Compared progress updates to baseline schedule highlighting variances & workarounds.

 

Project Cost Control Analyst, Union Switch & Signal, Projects Department

Period of Service:              11/1998  to 11/2007

Responsibilities:              Develop and maintain WBS based, logically integrated design, engineering, manufacturing and installation schedules. Perform bi weekly schedule updates tracking cost and schedule performance against budgeted targets. Prepare and review monthly schedule analysis with project team members highlighting critical path(s), resource utilization, and estimates to complete. Initiate and prepare schedule and cost variance reports. Risk Quantification and Mitigation. Generate "what-if scenarios and workaround plans to mitigate potential schedule and cost overruns. Provide training and mentoring to project team members in scheduling principles and applications, and schedulⁱng /cost measurement using Earned Value Measurement performance. Proficient in integrating sub-contractor schedules into my schedules and integrating my schedule into the client’s master CPM.

 

Scheduling Tools:        Primavera P6, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.

 

 

Position:              Operations/Production  Supervisor 1994-1998

Westinghouse Air Brake. Pittsburgh, Pa.   

              Manufacturer of Railroad Locomotive Cab Equipment

 

Position:              Project Planner/Project Administrator,  Adtranz Mass Transit  1980-1994    Pittsburgh, Pa .  Currently is Total Transit Systems- Bombardier Transportation.

                                       Responsibilities:              Same as Above for Union Switch & Signal

Education:

 

BS Industrial & Management Engineering - Penn State University.  1975

B.S. Physics w/Minor in Mathematics - Slippery Rock University.   1973

 

Management and Peer References are Available Upon Request 

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